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City officials hopeful first streetcar will arrive this week

 

CINCINNATI —Cincinnati's streetcar project is expected to receive the first car this week.

http://www.wlwt.com/...s-week/36049168

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5 things to know ahead of streetcar delivery

Cincinnati now has a completed streetcar track and by Friday afternoon is expected to take delivery of a modern-style, light-rail vehicle to run on the nearly 4-mile route.

 

 

http://www.cincinnat...ivery/74805712/

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Cincinatti (OH) Enquirer, 10/29:

 

Streetcar arrival delayed until Friday afternoon

 

UPDATE (5:09 p.m.): The city now says the streetcar vehicle will be delivered at around 4 p.m. Friday. "The city will continue to provide updates (Friday) morning as the trip progresses and more precise information is available," city spokesman Rocky Merz said.

 

 

More here.

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Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority METRO news release:

 

Oct 29, 2015

 

Here's to safety! Bar coasters carry "Be Streetcar Safe" message

 

10,000 reusable coasters donated by Heidelberg Distributing to be used in Over the Rhine 

 

 

CINCINNATI – When it comes to safety education, you have to go where the people are.

With the first streetcar arriving tomorrow, Metro has partnered with Heidelberg Distributing to provide 10,000 streetcar safety drink coasters to bars and restaurants in Over the Rhine beginning this weekend. 

 

The coasters feature the “Be Streetcar Safe” message on one side and five streetcar safety tips on the other side:

• Look and listen… don’t cross in front of a moving streetcar
• Step over the tracks; walk your bike or cross at a right angle
• Don’t walk, run or play along the streetcar tracks
• Stay clear of the poles, overhead high-voltage electric wires, and power stations
• Park within the white painted lines along the track area and look before opening your door

The streetcars will begin on-street testing yet this year in Over the Rhine.  Testing will follow later in the central business district and The Banks on the riverfront.  Metro is responsible for safety communications for Cincinnati Streetcar operations. 

 

“We want people to read the coasters and take them home,” said Sallie Hilvers, Vice President of External Affairs for Metro.  “The coasters are just one way we’re keeping the Be Streetcar Safe message in front of the community.”

 

“Heidelberg Distributing was excited to partner on this project,” said Lyndsey Longshore, Marketing Manager for Heidelberg Distributing.  “We see this as a great way to remind patrons to be safe and to promote the Budweiser Designate a Driver program.” 

 

Some of the venues featuring the Be Streetcar Safe coasters include Cheers to Art, Cincinnati Symphony/Pops/May Festival, Dunlap Café, Igby’s, Lachey’s Bar, The Lackman, Revolution, Rotisserie, Salazar, and Taft’s Ale House.

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Progressive Railroading, 11/2/15:

 

First streetcar vehicle arrives in Cincinnati

 

Cincinnati on Friday took delivery of its first streetcar vehicle, which arrived from a CAF USA manufacturing plant in Elmira Heights, N.Y.

The streetcar was originally scheduled to arrive Oct. 30, but issues associated with loading it onto a flatbed tractor-trailer delayed it until the afternoon, Cincinnati city officials said in a press release.

More

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Railfan Video:

 

Cincinnati Street Car Test Runs Both Trains On Overhead Power! First Run Ever For Both Trains!!   (12/7/15)

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SORTA will recommend streetcar operating hours to city council committee Tuesday

 

Streetcar would close before bars do

http://www.wcpo.com/...mmittee-tuesday

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Opinion: Wait to decide streetcar extension

 

University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono’s recent endorsement of an Uptown extension of the streetcar line is premature. He has rekindled a debate that is better left until after we can gauge the public’s acceptance of the first phase of the streetcar line. Until then, we have no way of knowing if enough people will use the streetcar to justify an extension.

http://www.cincinnat...nsion/82343290/

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Metro, streetcar to launch fare purchasing app

 

Soon Cincinnati Metro, along with its soon-to-be-launched sibling Cincinnati Streetcar, will hop onboard the ever-lengthening “There’s an app for that” train.

http://www.wcpo.com/...-purchasing-app

 

Let's hope the app includes a day pass for casual riders.

 

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SORTA/Metro news release:

 

Cincinnati Streetcar launches safety videos as part of "Be Streetcar Safe" campaign

Jul 20, 2016

 

CINCINNATI – Learn how to “Be Streetcar Safe” with the newly launched series of animated Cincinnati Streetcar safety videos.

Created by local production company, Lightborne Communications, Inc., the five safety videos provide helpful and easy to understand tips to make riding the streetcar or traveling alongside it safe, fun and enjoyable for all.

 

Each 30-second video focuses on tips for bicyclists, pedestrians, drivers and individuals with disabilities, as well as a general safety video. There is also a 60-second, instructional “how to ride” video.

 

How to ride video (60 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=_Ajth8RXqcg

 

General Safety video (30 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=VkO4YluVuGA

 

Pedestrians (30 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=qvQu-3RhfT0

 

Disabilities (30 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=SOTMtPwS15s

 

Biking (30 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=X4GkFZn6FUk

 

Driving (30 sec): https://www.youtube....h?v=wYU6dENJtSE

 

There will also be a Cincinnati Streetcar Disability Awareness Day at Washington Park on July 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. This will be an opportunity for the general public, especially those with disabilities to get onboard and become more familiar with how to catch and ride the streetcar, as well as travel along the route safely.